In which the commercial porn industry appears to be anti-safer sex… As the adult-film industry held its annual gathering in Las Vegas this week, back in Los Angeles, where a large percentage of commercial porn originates, the city council had voted 9-1 earlier this month to require condoms on male actors in film shoots within city limits. One option seemingly not being considered by anyone The Daily Beast interviewed: starting to use condoms. The Porn World Says No to Condoms (The Daily Beast)

Forever ensuring you’ll never think of Harry Potter the same way again, Ralph Fiennes indulged Andy Cohen, Watch What Happens Live viewers, and Voldemort fetishists with a reading from a piece of erotic fan fiction during his visit to the Bravo talk show on Thursday night. Ralph Fiennes reads Voldemort erotic fiction (PopWatch)

Classy. The 2012 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo kicked off at the Hard Rock Hotel, bringing with it a slew of parties and events. One of them was the IsAnyoneUp.com AVN Launch party at Mandalay Bay’s Foundation Room, hosted by site founder Hunter Moore. Despicable me: Q&A with Is Anyone Up?’s Hunter Moore (Las Vegas Weekly)

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